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nA . . . . . . . . . . . Till. ' l.tt VVI.'I.Mv-I.V VI.'U' .tnrifV \ I. I.'IMM.VVIAIJPII I- I IO \ CHOOSING THE DELEGATES. Taft Gets a New Mexico Delegation. A Tennessee Split , Den Molnos , la. , March II. Twenty- four of I ho thirty-nine counties lu Iowa Unit have hold republican con ventions liuvc decided upon solid Tuft delegation to the state convention at Cedar IlapIdH , April 24 , according to tiguroH compiled hero. Might conn- HUH have named Holld Cummins dele gations ami ono , Page county , elected - od delegates Instructed for Roosu- volt. Two otherH have sprinkled HooHcvolt In tliolr delegates , while four counties failed to ItiHtruct their delegates. Knoxvlllo , Tonn. , March 11. A split occurred In the Second congressional diHtrlct republican convention. Roosevelt velt supporters outnuinhered the Taft adherents and took possession of the hall In which the convention was to bo hold. Taft nupportorH withdrew to another hall after they had been aluioHt forcibly routed. Preceding the ronventloiiH , the congressional com mittee Heated Taft delegates from contested countIOH. The Roosevelt Convention elected .lohn C. llouck and Judge II. It. Lindsay ns delegates to the Chicago convention. The Taft convention's delegates to Chicago are 'I. AshuryVrlghl and .lohn Jennings , Jr. Santa Fe. N. M. . March 11. Sup- portent of President Taft In the state it'piibllcan convention here named eight delegates to the national con vention In Chicago. Resolutions en dorsing the Taft administration were adopted , although the delegates were not Instructed. 11. O. Dursom , repub lican candidate for governor at the last election , who recently declared for Theodore Roosevelt for president , was given a place on the delegation by acclamation. Hock Mount , Va. , March 11. The fifth district convention elected A. H. Staples and S. Floyd lllldreth dele- cntes to the national convention. A motion to instruct , failed hut a reso lution endorsing President Taft's ad ministration was adopted. The two delegates jointly telegraphed to Presi dent Taft they wore for hln renomin- ntlon. Cl < irk Lends In Kansas. Topeka , Kan. , March 11. Champ Clark's lead over Oov. Wilson In Kan MIS Increased as later returns came from counties that have chosen dele gates to the democratic state con vention at Ilntchlnson , March 1-1. The number of delegates for Clark from the various counties either Instructed cvr from counties that Indorsed Clark without instructing , is estimated to Im from 311 to .TIG , and the number for Wilson from 213 to 260. PET MAGPIE THE BURGLAR. Colorado Man Finds $1,000 Which a Pet Bird Had Stolen. ( Jrelley , Colo. . March 11. Robbed by a pet magpie of ? l,000 which he received from the sale of property In the east. Sheron Solder , a ranchman living near here , spent a tedious week and only today discovered the real culprit. Solder received the money in bills last Monday and concealed I it in a tin can which ho placed on a , shelf. A few hours later he found I j the can lying on the floor and the money missing. He reported the case to the authorities. Today lie put on an old coat loft hanging on a nail j several mouth * . In the pockets he found the money as well as several other small articles missing for aome time , He blames a magpie which he captured several months * a o and tamed. He was teaching It to talk. Seven Dead In Winnipeg Fire. Winnipeg , March 11. Seven persons are dead , ono Is mortally wounded , aid a number suffered severe injuries as ( . the result of an explosion during n fire In the rear of the Hartford-Wright company's wholesale sash and door factory. Capt. Dcwitt and six firemen were training hose on the hack of the building where the fire , supposed to be the work of an Incendiary , started in at lean-to , when the back wall was blown out , the little party going down in the wreckage , which also caught and overwhelmed several spectators and passersby. Woman Aviator Killed. Etumpes , France , March 11. Miss Suzanne Uernhart , a 19-year-old avi ator , was killed here while undergoing examination for a pilot's license. She had passed most of the tout success fully when , in attempting a sharp turn to the right , the machine was caught by an eddy and capsized. It fell 200 feet and the woman was crushed beneath - noath the motor. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE FELT. Violent Shake Recorded About 1,500 Miles from New York. New York , March 11. An earth- ; uako of unusual severity was record ed today by the seismograph at Brooklyn - lyn colleg" . The oscllliations began at r > :3S : o'clock , reached the maximum at 5:40 : and continued until 5:5. : . The movements wore much' stronger In : | the north-south field than from east to west. The estimated distance of the disturbance from New York is 1,500 miles. DEMONSTRATION AT LAWRENCE Several Hundred Strikers Follow Po lice to Station House. Lawrence , Mass. , March 11. A dem onstration early today in front of the police station by several hundred strikers and sympathizers , including many women , threatened for a time to develop Into a serious disturbance. The crowd assembled after the arrest of a woman striker and became so menacing that the police had to use their clubs. The police claim that the woman displayed a revolver while engaged In picketing. On the way to the station house with their captive the officers vero followed by a crowd of several iiindred person * , .hint before the stali Ion was reached the crowd surged ipon the police , and It seemed for a line that an attempt to rescue the prisoner was to he made. The police succeeded In driving back he crowd. Six of tiio leaders In the ilcmoiiHtratlon were arrested , and four > f them were women. The strikers today made the big est demonstration of .picketing since' the Htrlke began. It was estimated that more than 5,000 persons paraded. The committee of the strikers expect to go to Boston today for a confer- nee with officials of the American Woolen company and the executive committee of conciliation. Settlement with the American Wool- n company was looked on as likely. O'Brien Ranch Colonized. Atkinson , Neb. , March 0. Special to The News : W. P. O'Brien has sold his 3,000-acre ranch northeast of Atkinson to a colony of Germnn-Rus- from Lincoln. Eleven families have already arriv ed with several carloads of stock , machinery , household goods , etc. , and when the colony Is complete , which will consist of about twenty families , will bo the largest deal of the kind ever made In Holt county. Each farm will consist of ICO acres and as they expect to enter Into the dairy business quite extensively , a silo will be built on each farm. Mr. O'Hrlen. before closing the deal with those men , had to promise to build them a church Lutheran de nomination also a schoolhouse will soon bo built for their use as there \\lll be about sixty children in the lolony. Several carloads of lumber have already arrived and banns , houses , etc. are dotting the prairies and hills , where formerly have roamed herds of cattle. Mrs. Davis Not Guilty. Hartington , Neb. , March H. Special to The News : Mrs. Maggie Davis was today acquitted of the murder of Ira Churchill , her former sweetheart. The jury came In at SMO o'clock this nornlng , after having been out for eighteen hours and forty minutes. 'Mrs. Davis had been told by her at torneys to expect acquittal. Mrs. Davis was acquitted on the ground of insanity. She will be taken to Norfolk Insane asylum , but her at torneys believe she will remain there only a short time , contending that she IK not Insane now , hut that the abuse she suffered at the hands of Churchill and his marrying another woman after wronging her under a promise of marriage , made her insane at the time of the killing. This was the second trial. Mrs. Davis at the first trial had been con victed and sentenced to life impris onment. Pruyn l& Sentenced. Fremont , Neb. , March 0. Special to The News : Al Pruyn , who killed Mike Gorey , was sentenced to au in determinate term of from one to ten years this afternoon by Judge Hollen beck. The Steel Situation. New York. March 0. An announce inent made by the United States Steel . corporation that the unfilled tonnage on its book on Feb. 29 totalled 5,431.- , 1700 tons , agalnat 5,370,721 tons on' Jan. 31. Mexico Rushes Troops. Mexico City , March 'J. Four troop trains are leaving this city today and will travel over the Mexican Central line to Torreon , carrying detachments of infantry , cavalry and artillery , bringing the total number of soldiers who have left hero since last evening up to more than 2,000. The govern ment asserts now that it has 5,000 men in the Torreon district. To Whitewash Athletes. Lincoln , March 9. The "white wash" method of restoring athletic pur ity to college men who have Infected the amateur rules has been adopted by the Missouri Valley conference committee which made Its report to the college today after two months of deliberation. The committee proposes that every athlete In the colleges shall make out a full statement of his his tory as a participant In sport , making full disclosures of all forms of profes sionalism with which he has been tainted. These will he submitted to the conference committee for action on each individual case according to its merit. The committee report removes the rule against participation of a college man as a member of the team of any other athletic Institution , but only to the extent of allowing htm to play as a member of his "home team. " I Men who have played In leagues op- ' ' crating under the national baseball 1 greement or in "outlaw" organizations of a strictly professional nature cannot - j not be reinstated , and no provision is I made for the reinstatement of a mem ber who breaks rules after this spring. Taft and the Tariff. Lincoln Journal : The reports from the white house continue to point tea a veto of any tariff legislation that is not based upon reports or me tariff : board. In taking this attitude the I president has his feet firmly planted , on a definite and consistent policy. The difficulty of arriving at tariff re | form through the log rolling method usually employed by congress in re vising the customs revenues justifies the president In sticking to his plan for revision on a scientific basis. One of the sound reasons for urging a second "term for President Taft Is the politics by the commission method. As the case stands the party In con trol of the house wishes to ham string the tariff board immediately , while large numbers of republicans desirability of taking the tariff out of as well as democrats outside of con ] gress seem determined to prevent the ' president | > from remaining in office long enough to put on Its feet one ) of the most hopeful of all hlu poll clus. i | T. R. Beat Peace Treaties. ' Sioux City Journal : More than tiny ono man Theodore Roosevelt , holder of the Nobel peace prize , Is respon sible for the blockading of this Htralght highway to International ' peace. The defeat of * the treaties if a Roosevelt victory. In spite of his 1 > own record for international arbl- ' tratlon , and In defiance of all natural amenities , Roosevelt drew his sword in an assault on the treaties and was easily the most distinguished and | Influential leader In the campaign for . their defeat by Indirection. _ . _ _ - It's Not Right. Madison Chronicle : Teddy has at last come out from his solitude and "declared ! " himself willing to bo presl-iH | dent if the people so ordain it. We have been quiet on the subject be-1M cause wo had nothing to say and will not have much now , but it docs not | look just right to us for him to come out in that way. In the first place , he could have had the nomination in stead of Taft , and Taft would not I have raised a finger against It. Taft has pulled the country through a tryIng - Ing position which was confronting it and things look smooth and very bright and now Teddy says , yes , Mr. Taft , since the ship of state has been MI nicely pulled through so if theI" ) people force me to I will break the precedent set by the noble Washing ton and try my hand at the third term. We do not believe that the. people will force him to do so. There ' has never been a man who was able to sway the people his way like Roosevelt has , but he lost out n year ago last fall In New York , and we be lieve that he will not be able to get away with Taft this time when Taft's splendid administration looms up In. front of the people. HOW HE WAS KILLED. John McKenzie is Fatally Shot by a Fellow Workman in Missouri. Wlsner Chronicle : Word was re ceived last Sunday afternoon by J. C. McKenzie , that his son , John McKenzie , was in a dying condition at Bolivar , Mo. , and Mr. McKenzie and sons , William , Kenneth and Don ald , of Wisner and daughter , Mrs. Josle Davison of Pilger , left on the. evening train for Missouri. A later dispatch announced his death in the evening. | Hershel Fenny , the murderer , fled from the scene of his crime and was | pursued by officers. IIo was cap tured at Conway. having traveled for- ty-five miles on foot In about seven hours over snowy roads. According to a newspaper report he stated that ill- feeling existed between him and Me- Kenxie as a result of the latter's mak ing trouble between Fenny and "his girl. " The immediate cause of the shooting as reported by the father and brothers of the victim , was that some words that had passed between them at their work , McKenzie apply ing an epithet to Fenny which he warned him to take back. Upon his , refusal to do this , Fenny drew a gun' I and deliberately shot McKenzie as he j was stooping to pick up a piece of ' bridge material. The circuit court of i , that county will convene in May , when ' the trial of Fenny will doubtless take place. The body arrived here Wednesday' noon , accompanied by the abovementioned tioned relatives , and also Daniel Mc Kenzie of Wisner and Mr. Davison , ' . Mr. and Mrs. . Henry Longcor and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rasmussen of Pilger , 1 ' who met the remains and attendants' ' at Omaha. I I Jury Cases On at Neligh. ' Neligh , Neb. , March 11. Special to J The News : There are seventeen jury cases scheduled for this week In dls- trlct court , but It Is conceded that not more than half will be tried. The ! Charles H. Deupree damage case ' i against S. D. Thornton , jr. , of this city and the village board of Orchard for $20,000 , is set for today , being the second cast on the docket. Deupree claims damage to the amount above stated to his business and reputation | while running a hotel at Orchard about four years ago. WOMAN IS MISSING. Tripp County Woman Gone Since Feb. 9. Probably Demented. | Dallas News : With her mind np- parently unsettled from illness and the loss of her children by death , Mrs. August Hulet has dropped out of sight some where in Kansas and cannot be located by her husband , who is a prosperous farmer living In Tripp county , three miles west of Pax- 'ton. Mr. Hulet will hold a public sale at his farm on the Ifith of March for the stated purpose of returning to Kansas to take up the search for his missing wife. Before coming to this section Mr. and Mrs. Hulet resided at Pittsbnrg , Kan. , and Mrs. Hulet returned to that place last November to make some collections and attend to other busi ness affairs. She completed her task about the first of February. Mr. Hu let received a letter from her dated ' at Baldwin , Kan. , on Feb. 9 , and ' j postmarked at the same place on Feb. 15. In that letter she gave an itemized account of her business tran sactions In Plttsburg and sent him all 1 1i of the money she had collected. In _ the letter , however , was contained the statement which causes Mr. Hulet to ' think she has lost her mind. "I am not feeling well , " she said , "and do not think I will return ' , to South Dakota. I am not able to work much , but will try and get a posi tion. " Mr. Hulet has searched Baldwin , Pittsburft and other towns near Kan sas City , but can get no trace of the woman. When she left her friends In Plttsburg It was with the stated In teiitlon of returning to her home near I'axlou. He states that she has been In very poor health for the past twelve years , at times suffering very much , and this prompts the conclu sion that she has become demented and Is secreting herself In the fancy that she Is a burden to her relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Hulet have been mar ried twenty-four years and had four children. | All of th'oso , the last of whom died ten years ago , are buried In the Plttsburg cemetery , Suffragettes at Capital. Washington , March 11. Woman's suffrage will he advocated before the senate suffrage committee next Wednesday by a delegation of the most prominent women lu American public life. Arrangements have been made , , i for an open hearing , and ad dresses will be made by Rev. Anna Shaw , Miss Jane Adams , Prof. Sophon- Isbat Ileckcnridge of the University of Chicago , Mrs. Susan W. Fitzgerald , Mrs. Mary Ware Ilenuet , Miss Bessie Ashley , Harriet Burton Landlaw and Miss Inez Mllland. BRYAN PRAISES ALTGELD. Former Illinois Governor Given Un stinted Commendation. Chicago , March II. John P. Alt- geld ( , former governor of Illinois , was pointed out by William J. Bryan in a memorial ' address here , as a man who battled ' for the rights of the common people. ' .Mr. Altgeld voiced their aspiration , ambitions and their hopes , " said Mr. Bryan. "There are no few people , no aristocracy , to whom ( ! od has given the ' right to make mistakes for the rest. Altgeld had faith In a govern ment with the people as sovereigns. He knew that In democracy the people ple , and not the few who find it profit able , have the right to make mistakes. "How much would the world's mil lionaires give for the sweet assurance that j they would bo honored after their , deaths as Altgeld Is today ? Hevas rich in this world's goods when he entered rlt tered the public office , and he left it poor. During his term as governor he spurned a bribe of $1,000,000. ' ' _ Omaha Team Won. The Omaha basketball team won the state high school championship in the Lincoln tournament. Alson Parody Is Dead. Wisner , Neb. , March 11. Special to The News : Alson Parody , 71 years old , a veteran of the civil war , died at his homo five miles west of Wisner at , ' 5:35 : Sunday afternoon. Besides the widow he leaves two sons , Frank and Bradley , and one daughter , Mrs. Frank Crawford , living near Pilger. Funeral services will be held by the G. A. R. I' post ' of Wisner Tuesday afternoon. ELKS ELECT OFFICERS. W. F. Hall Is Chosen Exalted Ruler. Christoph a Trustee. The following officers were elected Saturday night by the Elks : Exalted ruler , W. F. Hall ; esteemed leading knight , F. C. Asmus ; esteemed loyal knight , C. P. Parish ; esteemed lecturing knight , A. J. Gutzmer ; aec- rotary , B. C. Gentle ; treasurer , W. P. . Logan ; tyler , F. K. Fulton ; trustee for three years , G. B. Christoph ; rep resentative to grand lodge , L. B. Nlc ola ; alternate , C. H. Reynolds. WOULD BREAK HIS WILL , Los j Angeles Man Slain by Wife Left' ' ' Her Not One Penny. Los Angeles , Cal. , March 11. Mrs. Caroline Ford , who was acquitted of the murder of her husband , A. P. Ford , several months ago , and who tried to commit suicide a week ago , will take steps to break the will left by her husband. The will was made a few days before Ford was killed by his j , wife , and expressly states that "no provision is to be made for my wife. " Most of the estate , valued at about 1 $17,000 , was bequeathed to business partners of Ford. Lack of funds and the struggle for existence that compelled her to seek work as a domestic were given by Mrs. Ford as her reasons for trying to commit suicide. SHALL THEY RUN SUNDAYS ? Uloomington. 111. , March L Wheth er theaters and other places of amusement here shall be open on Sunday will be decided by the voters at the regular city election next April. Special ballots will be provid ed for taking the vote. Should the balloting favor the own ers of places of amusement their fight j will not be finished. According to ( Attorney General Stead , the coun cil is not compelled to follow the wishes , of the majority. At the pres ent time only cigar stores , restaur ants , ice cream parlors and drug stores | are permitted to run on Sun day. , Even baseball is prohibited. Start a "Hunger Strike. " London , March 11. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst , the leader of the militant suffragettes and Mrs. Mabel Luke , joint honorary secretary of the Wo men's Social and Political union , who on March C , were remanded for one week for trial on a charge of consplr- acy and Inciting to commit malicious damage to property , have started a "hunger strike" at the Hollowny jail , where they are now serving a term of two months' imprisonment for riot ing. DISCHARGED SOLDIER KILLED. Paddy Leftis Shot by WJlllam Wilson at Sheridan , Wyo Sfverldun , Wyo. , .March 11. Pnddy Leftls , dishonorably discharged sol dier of the Eighteenth infantry sta tioned at Fort Mackenzie , was killed yesterday afternoon by William Wil son of the same regiment. Wilson , who was slightly under the Influence of liquor , chanced to meet the ex-soldier on Sheridan street and iiu old quarrel between them was le newed. Wilson ran half a mile before heIIH overtaken by Tom Robinson , civilian and former member of the police force. Wilson had filled his gun while fleeing and was Inclined to resist arrest. Five city ami county ifficors reinforced Robinson at the dgo of the city. A mob of 200 soldiers and civilians had congregated and threatened to lynch Wilson , who was finally lodged in jail. Heavy Earthquake Somewhere. Washington , March II. Heavy earth shocks were recorded early to- ilay by the Hlesmograph at George- own university. The vibrations began att5:35 : o'clock and lasted twenty-five nlnutes , the most violent being at 5:40. : The disturbance , which Is beloved - loved to have been of extraordinary violence , occurred somewhere within 2,000 miles of Washington. A FIGHT WITH WOLVES. J. Thomas , Wisconsin Man , In Hos * pltal Following Encounter. Chlppewn Falls , WIs. , March 11. J. riiomas is in the hospital here after in all night fight with a pack of wolves In the northern part of the state. Ho was overtaken while on his to a neighbor's home and , armed with only a large jacknlfe , succeeded n killing several of the wolves , and finally managed to drive them away. He is suffering from exposure and aj ' lumber of bites given by the wolves , mt probably will recover. 8,000 Troops Revolt. Hong Kong , March 11. Eight thou sand soldiers have revolted at Canton uul serious fighting has ensued. All shops In the old and now city of Can ton wore closed Saturday. Many per sons arc reported killed or wounded ind thousands-'uf ' civilians ) are fleeing. The soldiers have refused to disarm , and barricades have been erected from tiie admiralty as far ns the Talshatow station. Forty thousand troops are quartered In the city , and the loyalty of most of them cannot be relied upon. A courier proceeded to Shn Mea and notified the Europeans of the re volt the gates of the quarter were Immediately closed and strengthened. TRIED BEFORE WOMAN JUDGE. Colorado Men Charged With Bootleg ging , Shake In Their Boots. Glenwood Springs , Colo. , March 11. Several men charged with bootleg ging in Eagle county have additional anxiety as to the outcome of their case because they will bo tried before a woman judge and their fates from all indications rest with a jury com posed partly of women. Mrs. L. M. Tague , the only woman judge in Colorado , will preside in the county court of Eagle county where the bootlegging cases will be tried. Nearly half of the venire summoned for the term of court which began to day , are women. MONDAY MENTIONS. C. H. Kelsey went to Neligh , Miss Emma Heckman spent Sunday : it Omaha with friends. Miss Ague ? Kielty of Tilden was hero visiting with friends. John D. Hnskell of Wakefield was hero transacting business. K. E. Truelock and John Schelly spent Sunday nt Omaha with friends. Miss Esther Zanders of Stanton Is hero visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kenney. W. C. Ireland , from Randolph , visit- jl over Sunday with Dr. Ireland of this city. A. W. Hawkins and B. T. Reid went to Omaha to attend the convention of state retail , dealers' association. E. R. Welsh , Viho has been here visiting with his parents , Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh , has returned to Omaha where he is employed in the Burlington headquarters. A sanitary drinking fountain has leen ; iiiMitlled In the A. L. Kllllan store. The West Side Whist club will neet with L. C. Mittelstadt Friday evening. Foui more sleepers occupied th city bastile Saturday night. It is ex- H-cted that from now on the city jail will ha.v-j regular night lodgers. A rcyfiila'r meeting of Hose Company No. : : will be held in the city hall Tuesday evening. The regular depart ment meeting will be held Wednesday. A. T. Kenney moved from 205 South Eleventh street to the Overocker muse at 506 South Eighth street. Mr. Kenney recently purchased the Over ocker homo. There was a rush this morning for rubbers and overshoes which the dealers were putting back on the shelves. The heavy snow nNo brought out the sleighs. Jack Welch , who was taken sick at Fort Dodge , In. , the forepart of last week , and came home , and who for a time was thought to be threatened with pneumonia , Is much Improved. Mr.s. Phillip Schmer and family have moved to the McCarrigan house on South Fourteenth street from their farnt three miles southwest of ( own , which was sold to Kasper Walker. Dick Washington , for ( lie past four months ctiei at the Terry House In Fremont , has returned to Norfolk , which lie calls home. Affording to Dick. Norfolk is the bettor town of the two. "I just couldn't stand It away any longer , " says Dick. Dr. J. Al. Simins of Alma , Neb. , for merly on the medical staff of tl'o Cook County ( III. ) hospital. Is now second assistant at the Norfolk State hospital. Dr. Carson , formerly second end asslsant , is now first ri having succeeded Dr. Dlshon ? . Miss Louisa Hauf , the Tripp coun ty girl who was threatened with the los of one of her eyes , will take ad vantage of the assistance given her by persons who came to her financial aid. Mrs. J. Ilaum will take the glr ! , m Oinahii for special treatment \ Vodn i.esday. Mrs. Silas G. Dean suffered a stroke of paralysis at her home at iUU South Eighth street at 2:110 : Sunday afternoon , Mr. and Mrs. Dean return- i'tl from California last Wednesday af- ternoon and Mrs. Dean was feeling very well. Her condition Is reported'e by her physician to bo serious. Principal Thomas of the high school , coach of the Norfolk basket ball team , returned to Norfolk from Lincoln Sunday with several members of the team. Coach Thomas belleveu the Norfolk players made a fair show ing In Lincoln , considering the small amount of playing done by the local , tcam.Walter Walter Barnhart was fined $5 and costs and Miller Mather was fined $2 In Judge Elsoley's court Mondav. Garflold Mather was dismissed1. The case was the result of a fight on Nortl folk hvonuo which resulted In Garfield - field Mather being slightly Injured as thy t result of kicks administered byi Barnhart. f A baseball club may he organized at tonight's meeting of baseball fans In ' the city hall. All those Interested In baseball are asked to attend the' meeting and assist In making the fl-f mil ' ' organization. Some of the fans declare it possible to organize a ball team In Norfolk which will be self- supporting. One Norfolk patrolman reported to ] Chief of Police Marqtiardt that he has ' ! been Informed that n character of this city Is carrying a knife and a revolver concealed about his person for the express purpose of "getting him. " The thief is Investigating the matter and an arrest may he made. In the meantime , the patrolman IB using his watchful eye In the direc tion of the would-be assailant. It was declared that this man took out a knife and opened it , waved it toward the patrolman and made throats be fore a number of men In a public plnco a few days ago. Ed J. Danker , the drayman who was badly Injured when he fell from the top of a ladder on a beer vault at Seventh and Norfolk avenue , is laid up in the Atlantic house. No bones were broken , but the cords of his right leg were all torn loose. Ills foot was badly bruised and It will be several weeks before he can be out of bed. Danker has a brother living at Chadron. His wife , who is quite ill , was sent to Colorado for her health some time ago. Mr. and Mrs. Danker have ono child. According to fellow workmen , Danker was warned against climbing up the ladder. Mrs. Eugene Erhardt. Mrs. Eugene Erhardt of Omaha , formerly of Stanton , died in an Oma ha hospital Saturday night , following' a surgical operation. She leaves three' little children , besides her husband. Mrs. Erhardt was formerly Miss. i Chase of Stanton. She was well I known in Norfolk. Mrs. Frank Hitt. Mr.s. Frank Hitt of Plainview , formerly - merly of Norfolk , died Sunday morn ing at 3 o'clock of heart disease , at t the age of 30. She leaves a husband I and seven children. Funeral services will be held at the home of Fred I Westou , 70G Philip avenue In this city , nt 2 o'clock Wednesday after noon. McGrane Funeral Tuesday. Funeral services over the remains " of John McGrane , the popular North western conductor , will take place at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning In Sacred I Heart church. Interment will be made In Prospect Hill cemetery. Fa ther Walsh of Battle Creek will 1 preach the funeral sermon and Fath er J. C. Buckley will have charge of f the services. | Members of the A. O. U. W. , the B. of R. T. and the K. of C. will meet t at Railroad hall between 8:30 : and ! > o'clock to proceed in a body to the McGrane home at 9 o'clock and to i the church at 10 o'clock. The O. R. C. will also attend in a body. The pallbearers will be : Henry Kennedy , O. P. List , H. T. Brown , M. O. Sullivan , A. B. McLnughlln and W. J. Stafford. WAS SOMEWHAT SURPRISED. Two Former Scrlbner People Renew Acquaintances in Norfolk. Two Scribner young people mot in a unique way In a. Norfolk restaurant. Fred Schultz , formerly of Scribner. buc now of Pierce , was calmly eating ; ills dinner when a pretty girl nt another - other table nodded to him several . lines. Scniiltz blushed hut the girl kept nodding. Taking advantage of . he leap your season the girl stopped : he embarrassment by walking boldly : o Schult/'s table and saying : "Ever ve in ScribiKT , Frit/ ? " The red grew redder on Fritz's face ind after stuttering a moment he de clared he had "when ho was knee high to a grasshopper. " Immediately he recognized an old schoolday friend. I South Norfolk. Mrs. J. B. Saunders and daughter , Mabel , of Pilger. arc here on busi I ness1. ness1.Walter Walter , the little son of Mr. and ( j Mrs. Charles E. Ostendorf , Is ill. Mrs. James Otis of Battle Creek was an out-of-town Sunday visitor. ' Frank House , who has been quite seriously ill , Is slowly recovering. Engine W-S passed through here Sunday , enroute from the Missouri | Valley shops to Casper to be equip ped for burning oil. I The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Pickerel , which was quite III , in well on the road to recovery. | ' i Miss Millie Stuart of Atkinson spent Sunday In South Norfolk. | I C. E. Evans left for Omaha Sunday noon. j Demented By Stock Losses. Boston. March 11 , Spencer R. Hill , a well known stock broker , was shot , and seriously wounded lu his office * hero toilny , by one of his customers. | Mr. 11 III Is a member of the broker age linn of Richardson , Hill & Co. . and Is vice president of the Kowee- , iuiVuual Railroad company ami the Keweetinw Cupper company. | The customer. II. LewliiHkln. WOA ' e\erpo\sored by clerks in Hie off let ) | and Imrnk'd oxer to the police. The * politte derldt'd that Htock market losses bad unhaliinced l.ewlnsklit'tv mind. The bullet struck Mr. Hill In thn. right breast and ranged upward to- wnnl the shoulder. Mr. Hill was alilo- to- walk to the ambulance. Thfrty-elght Taggers Report. With five or six more taggers to r - port , Snpt. M. E. Ciosier , s\ho Is com piling the returns of the tag day cam palgn for the Y. M. C. A. fund , report * j ; that the $200 mark has been reached , j Thethirtyeight ' taggers who have n- [ ported represent the greatest amount [ of the money collected. The remainIng - Ing reports to be received will not ! reach < to a very hlKli figtite. Grace Whltmore heads the list of the girl taggers with n record of $12. ' Iitielah ' Hayes , Ruth Wltzlgman , , Gladys ; Col" , Lois Hardy rind Marg ! uerile I.otuh follow Miss Williioio In ] the t list of cliamplou taggers. The ; girls heat the boys by turning In more money than the boys. The boys' highest individual sum was $ fi.to. : turned In by Elmer Heeler. Lioyd ' Cole follows with fi cents less Leo ' Degner and Walter Landers nro next | ! In line. | The other solicitors worn : Marlon Maylard , Ruth Spencer , Hazel Font ress. Beatrice ( Sow. Shirley Engel , Gwendolyn Hughes , Dorothy ChrLs- toph. Leota Rlsli , Margaret Stansbor- ry , Gladys Pasewalk. Florence Night 'ngale. ' Josle Shrlder. Nellie Clm o > Ruth Crosier , May Bellah , Emma Mar- quardt , Elsie Xaehert. Lllllant Clem ent , Jessie Hepperly. Jean Cant well , Gladys Hartford , Easter Currier , La- vone Zurbrlgen , Walter Steffen , Harold - old Anderson. Earl South. Alfred Vor plank , George Odlorno. Speaks for Chancellor. Lincoln Star : The state university now has a head without a voice , Chancellor Samuel Avery IH 111 with at- attack of laryngitis and for the time being has entirely lost his voice. The chancellor can whisper only with the greatest difficulty. However , the university has not entirely tiroly lost Its mouthpiece as the of tieial voice can be assigned. For an. example of this as.slgnabllity , Chan cellor Avery was to have delivered an address In Omaha Wednesday night at the annual banquet of the Young ' Men's Christian association's night school. Not wishing to disappoint , thf ' Omaha ( people , who had desired "A I Message : from the State I'lilvr-rslty , " i the i chancellor had his assistant sec ! ; rotary i , A. R. Raymond , deliver the address. Mr. Raymond Is a Norfolk .student I ir the state university. His parents , , Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Raymond , llva west of the city. j | e Horse Breeder * ' Institute. > A horse breeders' Institute \\ill b held in tin ? Commercial club rooms all day Tuesday. Commencing at 19 o'clock Tuesday morning , demonstra tions of the type and breeds will be the general subjects. The balance of the dav will be given over entirely to the scientific breeding. A larffe t rowrt of out-of-town farmers arc ex- peeled hero to attend the Institute. C L. Carlson will have charge of most of the work. Hunter Fails to Keep Date. A large audience attending the Y. M. C. A. rally lu the Auditorium Sunday - day night was disappointed at the- mysterious i non-appearance of Fre < t .M. Hunter of Lincoln'who was schcd- tiled i to deliver the feature address of the i evening. The executive eomniit- tee i could not explain Mr. Hunter'a failure to arrive and they expressed themselves I sadly disappointed. They had l several speakers who were nnxU ous ( to come to Norfolk for the occa- sinn , they declared , and these wer I'e'd I hack In favor of the ex-Norfolk i ' ' : in I'p to the last moment the ex- ecnrlvo , committee walled anxiously lu hind the scenes in the Auditorium believing | Hunter would arrive on the liite I Omaha train. No explanation for his | non-arrival was received by the executive committee. State Secretary J. P. Bailey of Omaha ( , however , injected much Y. M. C. ( A. enthusiasm into the audience with ills illustrated lecture on asso- elation work around the world , but this was 'iiostly confined to Nebraska. Pictures of the ten important Y. M. C. ( A. buildings of the state , Including1 , the Norfolk building , were shown on the curtain. Secretary Bailey was handicapped because several slides were discovered to be unadapted for lantern purposes. The girl's chorus of the high school opened the evening's program with , several selections. The chorus was in charge of Prof. Reese Solomon. Rev. J. P. Melmaker of the Baptist church then delivered the Invocation and was followed by Rev. Edwin Booth , Jr. , who presided and later closed the rally with a prayer. Before delivering bis lecture on rts- soclatlon work Mr. Bailey declared that up to the present hour Norfolk has done as much toward the sul > - scribing to n building fund ns any other city in the state. Because of this good work the committee will continue another week. The campaign will close next Satur day night. About $10,300 hu.s been collected during thn "snowball" cain- palgn and the committee oxpeots to- raise about $4,000 more , said Mr. Bailey. Blank pledges were handed to * V' eryone who entered the Auditorium and Secretary Halley asked that these pledges be seriously considered.